/*
 * Copyright 2011-2013 HTTL Team.
 *  
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *  
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *  
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package httl.spi;

import httl.Node;
import httl.Resource;
import httl.Template;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Template Translator. (SPI, Singleton, ThreadSafe)
 *
 * @author Liang Fei (liangfei0201 AT gmail DOT com)
 * @see httl.spi.engines.DefaultEngine#setTranslator(Translator)
 */
public interface Translator {

    /**
     * Translate the resource to template.
     *
     * @param resource - template resource
     * @param root     - template root node
     * @param types    - template parameter types
     * @return template instance
     */
    Template translate(Resource resource, Node root, Map<String, Class<?>> types) throws ParseException, IOException;

}